Richard Gooch wrote:> > H. Peter Anvin writes:> > Richard Gooch wrote:> > > Argh! What I wrote in text is what I meant to say. The code didn't> > > match. No wonder people seemed to be missing the point. So the line of> > > code I actually meant was:> > > if (strcmp (buffer + len - 3, "/cd") != 0) {> >> > This is still a really bad idea. You don't want to tie this kind of> > things to the name.> > Why do you think it's a bad idea?>

Because you are now, once again, tying two things that are completely andutterly unrelated: device classification and device name. It breaksevery time someone comes out with a new device which is "kind of like anold device, but not really," like CD-writers (which was kind-of-likeWORM, kind-of-like CD-ROM) and DVD (kind-of-like CD)...